ELIOT, George (1819-1880). Middlemarch. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1871-1872. 4 volumes, 8vo (170 x 118 mm). (Lacking half-titles, scant spotting.) Later red crushed levant morocco gilt, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands gilt, gilt-lettered in two, top edge gilt (Vol.1 rebacked preserving original spine, some very slight wear to joints and extremities, otherwise fine). FIRST EDITION.